Chapter 1: Luna Moves to Suburbia:
My younger brother Elliot and I were packing up our few belonging that we had that we wanted to keep besides what we really needed. Our parents had disappeared for no reason and even though there had been a search for them there was no clue as to where they had gone so we were packing up to go with our aunt Sally to live in Suburbia which I wasn't looking forward to but Elliot needed someplace where he could try to grow up as normally as possible. Our aunt was waiting in the driveway for us to pack up so that we could get going. I made sure that Elliot had his favorite books and toys along with his special teddy bear and blanket. For my stuff I only packed my favorite books, diary, my art supplies, camera, ghost hunting equipment, and a picture of our parents.
As I finished packing our aunt came in and asked "Are you ready? I'd like to get back before dark please"
"We just finished" I said looking over at Elliot to make sure that he was alright since he wasn't taking this too well about our parents disappearing. Our aunt grabbed our bags and loaded them up into the trunk of her white car. As I put Elliot into the back I made sure that Elliot had his teddy bear and blanket so that he could sleep along the way. I just had my diary to write in to kill time but I didn't mind since I needed to catch up anyways. I gave Elliot a hug and buckled him in before I got in as well.
"Sissy where are we going?" he asked me with tears in his light green eyes like he knew that we were never coming back again.
"We're going to live with our aunt now. Okay Buddy?" I said as I ruffled his light blonde hair to try and cheer him up.
"You two ought to like it in Suburbia" Our aunt said with a smile
"Yeah right" I thought to myself I heard that everybody's houses were about the same there. We drove until evening and Elliot had slept most of the way since he hadn't been sleeping well since our parents had disappeared. I rotated between writing in my diary, drawing, and looking out the window. Around dinner time we pulled into Suburbia. I couldn't help but want to vomit when I saw how most of the colors of the houses were ugly pastel colors. As we pulled up to our aunt's house I was glad to see that her house was the color of the sky which wasn't too bad since I like that shade of blue. I was nervous so I fiddled with my dragon necklace that my mom had given me before she disappeared.
"We're here" aunt Sally said as she pulled into the driveway I put my diary away and woke Elliot up so that he would sleep later tonight once we were settled in.
"Hey little guy wake up" I said softly as I gently shake him awake.
"Are we there yet sissy?" he said sleepy
"Yes we're at our new home" I said as I picked him and his teddy bear up and started to carry him into the house.
"Okay Luna why don't you get yourself and your little brother settled into your new rooms upstairs?" she said as left our suitcases at the top of the stairs and went to start on supper. I went upstairs and found a light green room that was supposed to be Eliot's room. It had a cot for him to sleep on a toy chest, a small book shelf, and one of the drawing desks for little kids. I put him on the cot with his teddy bear and blanket and went to go get his toys. I put his toys, books and clothes away and showed him where everything was. When I looked in his closet I found some toys that our aunt had bought for him and I put them away. I put up his mobile and his drawing that he made and left to find my room.
I found what was meant to be my room and loved it at once since at least my aunt had painted the color of the walls sky blue which is my favorite color. I put my books on the bookshelf. I put my picture on the nightstand and took off my necklace and set it by the photo. I put my art supplies and my diary on the desk. I finished packing up and went to take a shower since I wanted to get cleaned up before dinner. When I was finished I put on a blue T-shirt and blue jeans and looked in the mirror. I couldn't help but feel sad about how much I looked like my mom with my pale skin, black hair, and dark blue eyes. I went and looked in my closet and found a telescope which I set up by my window. I started playing music for one of my favorite bands on my Ipod Skillet since I didn't feel like listening to Chameleon Circuit right now. I looked through the telescope and saw a gothic looking mansion. It was beautiful but sad at the same time. I wanted to explore that place and see if there were any ghosts there with my ghost hunting equipment but I figured that I better ask my aunt before I go any where near there.
I heard my aunt calling since it was supper time so I went to go get Elliot. When I walked into his room I couldn't help but smile at how happy he was playing with his toys.
"Hey little fell! Time to eat" I said as I picked him up
"Okay" he said
I put him in his chair and sat down at the table myself. When I saw what we had to eat I couldn't help but want to start drooling. We were having roast chicken, mashed potatoes, peas, and apple pie with ice cream for dessert. I got Elliot some food and started to dig in myself. The food was delicious so I had seconds and then two pieces of pie.
"So how was it?" Aunt Sally said as she watched my little brother and couldn't help but smile as he just picked up the piece of pie and just stuffed it in his mouth
"It was great!" I said happily since the food had been really good
"What do you think of your rooms?" she asked like she was afraid that we didn't like them.
"Their fine, but I have one question aunt Sally" I said nervously
"Is it about the mansion?" she asked with fear in her eyes
"Yes it is" I said looking in her eyes and wondering why she was so afraid of an old house
"Its haunted by a ghost of a man with scissors for hands that killed his family" she said quickly as she put down her fork "I don't want you going there since even if the ghost isn't real I don't want you to get hurt" she said with tear starting to form in her eyes
"Okay I won't go" I said wistfully since I wanted to explore the mansion
"Thank you for listening" she said as she gave me a hug. "I'll take Elliot to the zoo tomorrow since he enjoys animals. Do you want to come tomorrow?" she asked
"No thank you I'll explore the neighborhood" I said as I saw a chance to explore the mansion.
"That's fine" she said since she understood that I was a teenager
I helped her clear up the dinner table and then I helped Elliot get ready for bed and read him and bed time story and tucked him in. I then went to my room and looked at the mansion through the telescope again and this time I made a sketch of it in my sketch book. "I wonder what's up there" I said to my self since I was really curios about what could be there. I set out an outfit for tomorrow and packed a bag with my camera, sketch book, some art supplies, and my favorite poetry book I went to sleep thinking about the mansion
